* Fwd: Why don't net devices show up under /dev?
@ 2009-12-03 21:14 Drake Mobius
2009-12-03 22:49 ` Greg KH
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From: Drake Mobius @ 2009-12-03 21:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-hotplug
Hi,
Hope you can help me out here, I know this isn't a udev-specific thing
but maybe you know:
Is there some historical reason network devices (i.e., eth0) don't
show up in the /dev fs? It seems to break with the 'everything is a
file' philosophy.
To compound matters, they DO show up under some other UNIX systems
(e.g. /dev/bge0 on my Sol10 box)
Thanks..
D
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* Re: Fwd: Why don't net devices show up under /dev?
2009-12-03 21:14 Fwd: Why don't net devices show up under /dev? Drake Mobius
@ 2009-12-03 22:49 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2009-12-03 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-hotplug
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 04:14:31PM -0500, Drake Mobius wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hope you can help me out here, I know this isn't a udev-specific thing
> but maybe you know:
> Is there some historical reason network devices (i.e., eth0) don't
> show up in the /dev fs? It seems to break with the 'everything is a
> file' philosophy.
Yes, it's historical. You control network devices through sockets, not
files.
> To compound matters, they DO show up under some other UNIX systems
> (e.g. /dev/bge0 on my Sol10 box)
And some other ones they do not :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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